Author Archives: Jessica Ernst

While in power from 2015-2019, Alberta’s NDP had their chance to clean up AER and remove ex Encana VP Gerard Protti from his top position there. They did nothing but talk – a lot, and enable AER’s law violations and … Continue reading →

Crowd gathers outside B.C. NDP convention in Victoria to protest fracking by Michael John Lo, Nov 19, 2023, Times Colonist Protesters chanted “NDP, go frack free.” Listen to this article About 250 people gathered outside the B.C. New Democratic Party … Continue reading →

Pennsylvania’s fracking boom is hurting its oldest residents, “Up until 10 years ago, I was a pretty healthy bitch. And, unfortunately, I’m dying.” by Scott Cannon and Kate Raphael, Nov 06, 2023, Grist In 1976, Mary Ellen McConnell, a “concrete … Continue reading →

Killer Water (TRAILER): The toxic truth behind Alberta’s tar sands 2 Min. by Ricochet Media, Nov 17, 2023 In Northern Alberta, Canada, sit the Athabasca tar sands—the world’s largest known reservoir of crude bitumen, and a major driver of Canada’s … Continue reading →

A measurement-based upstream oil and gas methane inventory for Alberta, Canada reveals higher emissions and different sources than official estimates by Bradley M. Conrad, David R. Tyner, Hugh Z. Li, Donglai Xie & Matthew R. Johnson, Nov 15, 2023, Communications … Continue reading →

Dear Mr. Carll, I love this song (and the pop up art). It sums up my frac’d life and that of many others. I had not heard “Nice Things” before. A friend sent it to me tonight: “Hey Jess, I … Continue reading →

Dear Liar Liar Danielle Smith, UCP/TBA, and Liar Liar unelected Premier David Parker, You banned wind and solar, and other alternate energies from Alberta to enable illegal aquifer frac’ers and health-harming oil and gas companies like Encana/Ovintiv (now Lynx in … Continue reading →

CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? If a single role is as expensive as thousands of workers, it is surely the prime candidate for robot-induced redundancy by Will Dunn, May 2023, The New Statesman On Wednesday 31 May, … Continue reading →

I’ve been horrified by Canada’s racism for decades now; I boycott Canada Day because of it. For many years now, I also boycott Remembrance Day and fake poppies because of Canada’s war mongering while our sleazy politicians propagandize to the … Continue reading →

New study finds overwhelming evidence of harms from fracking by Nicholas Cunningham, Nov 10, 2023, Gas Outlook A review of the scientific literature reveals enormous public health, environmental, and climate damage from fracking. Authors say that “no rules or regulations … Continue reading →

Shale Billionaire Hamm Tackles ‘Generation 3’ Rock, Continental Resources chairman is seeking ways to pull crude from sites passed over during the boom he helped start by David Wethe with assistance from Kevin Orland and Sarah Chen, November 8, 2023, Bloomberg Welcome … Continue reading →

@baridapoi: Deregulation… @TappyTapin: Naturally the republican TX state legislature will use this opportunity to cut even more safety regulations *** Local affiliate Fox 26 was providing live coverage: @briancalliari4421: More extensive list from SRS’s products list: *Aromatics – Ketones – … Continue reading →

Dr. Sandra Steingraber @ssteingraber1: Friends! TOMORROW 11-1, 2 pm EDT please join Texas activist Ranjana Bhandari @Ranjana_LA of @LivablArlington and me for a webinar on the findings of the fracking science compendium, 9th ed. Register: https://lu.ma/lkwg1y7c Especially for frontline communities; … Continue reading →

A growing number of reports indicate Israeli forces responsible for Israeli civilian and military deaths following October 7 attack, Many details of what transpired on October 7 continue to be shrouded in mystery, including how the 1,400 Israelis who died … Continue reading →

FIRST, A REALITY CHECK: 2006 May: The Role of the Upper Geosphere in Mitigating CO2 Surface Releases in Wellbore Leakage Scenarios USA Dept Energy removed the paper. Access it here. Think of the many millions high pressure fracs in oil … Continue reading →

Eleventh Annual Shale & Public Health ConferenceTuesday, November 14, 2023From 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM – registration/sign-in opens at 8:30 AM University of Pittsburgh University Club 123 University Place, Pittsburgh. PA 15260 The conference is presented by the League of … Continue reading →

Road reopens following tanker crash in Trumbull County by Nadine Grimley, Oct 24, 2023, WKBN Youngstown State Route 305 is back open after a commercial tanker overturned Monday. The accident triggered a large response from emergency personnel, hazmat, the EPA, … Continue reading →

Adam Toy@Adam_Toy: [Calgary] prayer breakfast hears anti-LGBTQ2 rhetoric, residential school denialism @troyliss.bsky.social@Troyliss; Incredibly scary that this audience is cheering on White Christian supremacy. Mark Lehman@Mlehman99: What a great reason to skip breakfast and the disgusting message that was shared. I’m … Continue reading →

@iyad_elbaghdadi Oct 18, 2023: Good afternoon (or morning, or evening). I went dark yesterday, really dark. But I managed to sleep and I have some clarity about the Al Ahli hospital massacre that I want to share with you. I’ll … Continue reading →

Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants dropped dead, In 2020, 350 elephants mysteriously died in Botswana, with a further 35 dying in similar circumstances in Zimbabwe. Now scientists think they may have found the reason why by Phoebe Weston, … Continue reading →

The summary accompanying the 9th Compendium is rather alarming when over 80% of U.S.A.’s and more than 60% of Canada’s energy consumption is from fossil fuels. How many families live with frac’d water and harms like I do? I live … Continue reading →

Exclusive: Natgas producer Chesapeake explores buying Southwestern Energy -sources by David French, October 17, 2023, Reuters Oct 17 (Reuters) – U.S. natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK.O) has approached Southwestern Energy (SWN.N), a peer valued by the stock market … Continue reading →

Jeff Berardelli@WeatherProf: Hats off to John. Some of the most superb climate communication I’ve seen. This is how it’s done. (Just a few mins long). Great work! John Vaillant@JohnVaillant: I’m a big fan of yours, Jeff, so, this means so … Continue reading →

Sharon Wilson and Miguel Escoto launch “Oilfield Witness,” continue conducting fieldwork in Texas oilfields, We reveal the invisible pollution that oil and gas denies, keeping the industry accountable and strengthening climate movements by Oilfield Witness, Oct 16, 2023 TEXAS – … Continue reading →

@PavelSlunkin; I am 34 y.o. Belarusian living in exile in Poland. FIRST time in my life I will see a peaceful transition of power. To opposition. After democratic elections. With 73% turnout. My message to you – value and protect … Continue reading →

My condolences to the worker’s loved ones and coworkers, and to area families and communities. Drowning in a pit of frac waste or water hoarded for frac’ing would be a terrible way to die, and is preventable with adequate safety … Continue reading →

Exxon exec busted on sex assault charges after woman called cops by Denette Wilford, Oct 10, 2023, Toronto Sun A married businessman faces sexual assault charges after one of two women in his hotel room — neither believed to be … Continue reading →

Brandi Morin@Songstress28 Oct 11, 2023: Our documentary ‘Killer Water’ coming soon…Toxic spills, cover ups, & Indigenous betrayal in the oil sands. By myself & @geordieday with support from @therealnewsnetwork @indiginews @ricochet_en Refer also to: 2023 10 02: Imperial and Alberta … Continue reading →

Best thing I’ve done in my life was choose not to have kids. The suffering ahead for all humans is unimaginable; kids will bear the brunt. Who is preparing kids for the hell their lives will be, if human pollution … Continue reading →

Sept 2023, ERA5 Global surface air temperature Canada’s wildfires, 2023 in pink, Y axis in terrawatts Canada’s wildfires take devastating toll on wildlife by Mathiew Leiser and Genevieve Normand, Oct 4, 2023, Phys.org No droppings, tracks, nests or other traces … Continue reading →

Is AER a best in the world regulator? It’s “tatters upon tatters.” “The AER is indeed hiding something.” “Of course you can comply with nothing.” Too funny but horrifying. AER/ERCB/EUB is a bully, but not towards law-violating polluting oil gas … Continue reading →

In my view, this is the most important concern about water injected for frac’ing that is rarely reported in main media: 2012: AEA: Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health arising from hydrocarbons operations … Continue reading →

What will Canada’s wildfires look like when frac’ers inject the last billion gallons of water in dry jurisdictions? What will they look like after hundreds of thousands of fracs permanently leak methane and other flammable hydrocarbons to surface (that are … Continue reading →

“Fossil fuel companies have used their wealth and influence and political connections to slow things down. And they fight tooth and nail against anything that would reduce the burning of oil and gas and coal. They’re much better at capturing … Continue reading →

In my view, Homo sapiens proved its evil nature when it began frac’ing the earth. It’s impossible to repair industry’s trillions of fracs and impossible to put that leaking frac’d methane back. Satan has been unleashed, never to be locked … Continue reading →

Amanda Hu@amandalhu Sept 17, 2023: Calgarians facing down the World Petroleum Congress is not a small thing. The idea of Alberta identity being intrinsically linked to the oil and gas industry is something we’re steeped in our whole lives. But … Continue reading →

Permission refused for Shannon Estuary LNG terminal by RTE, 15 Sep 2023 An Bord Pleanála has refused permission for the proposed development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and power station on the Shannon estuary in Co Kerry. The … Continue reading →

I commend Mr. LeNeveu for his diligence exposing what I see is ample fraud (and many unaddressed valid concerns) regarding the Vivian Sand mining scheme that smells like just another a frac job (con). Mr. LeNeveu has donated an incredible … Continue reading →

Snaps taken Sept 6, 2023 Mark Ogge@MarkOgge Sept 6, 2023: So weird. NT fracking company Tamboran’s share price has completely tanked SINCE the NT government approved fracking, and despite $1.5 billion subsidy from the Australian Government. What is going on … Continue reading →

CAPE and CANE need to get with the frac ban program. They even link to PSE’s eighth (2022) Frac Harm Compendium on their LNG harms website, https://www.lngharms.ca/. They have known better for years, but do not do better. Smells like … Continue reading →

Wasted Water: The Impacts of Fracking’s Water Use from Pennsylvania to Colorado by Halt The Harm Network, Kevin Richardson, HHN & Erica Wednesday, August 3012:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. MDT Registration Hello! To join the event, please register at link … Continue reading →

I thoroughly enjoyed this clip and agree wholeheartedly. I do think though the extreme white paint has uses for people living in poverty without fans or AC. AC is a polluting energy wasting privilege in areas without hydro; I’ve never … Continue reading →

Drought conditions at highest level in parts of B.C. as province warns of tightening water restrictions, Two-thirds of the province’s water basins are now at Level 4 or 5 drought by CBC News with files from The Canadian Press, Jul … Continue reading →

Jeff Berardelli@WeatherProf: The GOAT: He was so well respected and deservedly so. He would have been so angry at the nonsense going on right now. Not surprised, as he did predict this exact evolution, but still beside himself that people … Continue reading →

2023: Frac Canada Dry! 2015: Fracing the Bow River: “The most important resource in the province, and the rarest, is water” Then why let “No duty of care,” legally immune, Ex-Encana led, Charter violating AER permit multinationals to frac it? … Continue reading →

Comments by a PA resident who attended and recorded the event: … Audience comments were the highlight of the evening in my opinion, and the link below takes you to their beginning at the 39:43 mark, starting with retired Post-Gazette … Continue reading →

About The Book An acclaimed science journalist’s years-long investigation into how the US oil and gas industry has averted environmental regulations and created a dangerous public health crisis. Over the past decade, as Justin Nobel traveled the country reporting on … Continue reading →

In today’s dollars, and adding the financial harm from drinking water contamination and frac’ing causing permanent loss of water from the hydrogeological cycle, I think a complete frac ban is most appropriate. What idiot species intentionally contaminates and permanently removes … Continue reading →

Will regulating frac chemicals improve anything? Or make frac’ing safe? 2023 10 13: Anticipated launch date of Compendium 9 in New York City. 2022 05 01: Compendium 8 on Harms of Frac’ing & Associated Infrastructure: “The only method of mitigating … Continue reading →

To Stop Fracking in BC! peter vranjkovic@petervranj: Two great rallies on Friday in #vancouver. Both underline the need to stop #globalwarming. 12 noon at David Eby’s office to stop fracking in BC. 6:30pm at the Vancouver Art Gallery for a … Continue reading →

Sinéad O’Connor sacrificed her career and risked herself, and was treated abysmally by the world because she stood up for kids raped by the catholic church, enabled by pope after pope after pope, with parishioners too greedy for their promised … Continue reading →